| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Demur.[Websters]
2. To be disputed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have boggled or scrupled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be shilly-shallied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have wobbled, dithered or staggered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be caveated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have hovered or oscillated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be alleged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have balked, baulked, interrupted, jibbed or antagonized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be deferred.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb demur.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (demur) | 1. Take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday".[Wordnet]. 2. Enter a demurrer.[Wordnet]. 3. To linger; to stay; to tarry.[Websters]. 4. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.[Websters]. 5. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.[Websters]. 6. To interpose a demurrer.[Websters]. 7. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.[Websters]. 8. To cause delay to; to put off.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: demurring, demurred, demurs, demurrer, demurrers, demurringly and demurredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEMURRED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Specialty Definition: demur
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to delay determination or conclusion. On receiving this information, the minister demurred, till he could obtain further instructions.. | 2: [Verb] In law, to stop at any point in the pleadings, and rest or abide on that point in law for a decision of the cause. Thus, the defendant may demur to the plaintiffs declaration, alledging it to be insufficient in law; the plaintiff may demur to the defendants plea, for a like reason.. | 3: [Verb] To doubt of.. | 4: [Noun] Stop; pause; hesitation as to the propriety of proceeding; suspense of proceeding or decision. All my demurs but double his attacks.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Environment | To take exception. To make an objection. To present a demurrer. See DEMURRER. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, ``Do; and we go snacks. - Alexander Pope She agreed to his request without demur. (references) | 2: [Verb] (intransitive) To balk; to oppose. (references) | 3: [Verb] (intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. - Hayward?. (references) | 4: [Verb] (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk I demur to that statement. The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme. (references) | 5: [Verb] (intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer. See demurrer. (references) | 6: [Verb] (intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry "Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. - Nicols?. (references) | 7: [Verb] (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. - Quarles?. (references) | 8: [Verb] (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. - John Milton. (references) |
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